ASSIGNMENTS ‑‑ ESTABLISHED
AND DISCONTINUED
(a) Assigned for Fixed Period: Except as provided in Article 3, Section 8 of the Five‑Day Work Week agreement, yardmen shall be assigned for a fixed period of time which shall be for the same hours daily for all regular members of a crew. So far as it is practicable, assignments shall be restricted to eight hours' work.
(b) Regular Men Used on Succeeding Shift: Regularly assigned yardmen held off ‑their assignment in an emergency and used on a succeeding shift will be paid a minimum day on their own assignment and a minimum day on the job worked, with overtime after eight hours, if any.
(c) Hours of Service Law Preventing Filling Regular Assignment: When due to Hours of Service Law, yardmen cannot work their regular assignment, they will be paid one minimum yard day at the rate of their regular assignment,
(d) Assignment Discontinued Without Sufficient Notice: When a yard assignment Is discontinued without sufficient notice to enable yardmen assigned to the job to exercise seniority, such yardmen who were available for the job at the time It was discontinued will be allowed a minimum yard day at the rate of pay of their regular assignment.
(e) Changed Working Conditions: The Company will give yardmen the usual notice of change In working conditions as will enable them to exercise their seniority rights. When regular yard crews are taken off, regular men on such crews will be so notified at or prior to completion of the run, but not later than the next markup covering the shift from which displaced.